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They Met in Bombay

as Duchess of Beltravers

1941
The Lady from Cheyenne

as Mrs. McGuinness

1941
The Bank Dick

as Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch

1940
The Blue Bird

as Fairy Berylune

1940
I Want a Divorce

as Grandma Brokaw

1940
Drums Along the Mohawk

as Mrs. Weaver

1939
The Kid From Texas

as Aunt Minetta

1939
Cafe Society

as Mrs. De Witt

1939
Love Is a Headache

as Sheriff Janet Winfield

1938
Hold That Kiss

as Aunt Lucy

1938
Double Wedding

as Mrs. Kensington-Bly

1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

as The Duchess of Ebley

1937
After the Thin Man

as Aunt Katherine Forrest

1936
Camille

as Nanine

1936
San Francisco

as Mrs. Maisie Burley

1936
The Unguarded Hour

as Lady Agatha Hathaway

1936
Yellow Dust

as Mrs. Brian

1936
Mark of the Vampire

as Midwife

1935
Les Misérables

as Madame Magloire

1935
David Copperfield

as Clara Peggotty

1935
I Live My Life

as Mrs. O.H.B. Gage, Kay's Grandmother

1935
Enchanted April

as Mrs. Phoebe Fisher

1935
Murder at the Vanities

as Mrs. Helene Smith

1934
The Affairs of Cellini

as Beatrice

1934
Cocktail Hour

as Princess de Longville

1933
Child of Manhattan

as Aunt Minnie

1933
Jessie Ralph Jessie Ralph

Birthday

1864-11-05

Place of Birth

Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jessie Ralph (born Jessie Ralph Chambers, November 5, 1864 – May 30, 1944) was an American stage and screen actress, best known for her matronly roles in many classic motion pictures. She was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, in 1864. She made her acting debut in 1880, at the age of sixteen. She made it to Broadway, where George M. Cohan cast her in many of his musicals, but she also excelled at dramatic roles. Although she made her Hollywood debut in 1916, in a motion picture career that would eventually span 25 years, she only became a permanent Hollywood actress in 1933. She was nearly 70 at this time, so her roles were limited to matronly roles, but her expertise at stealing scenes captured the imagination of cinema-goers of the time. Her best-known roles are as Greta Garbo's maid in Camille, as W.C. Fields' battle-axe of a mother-in-law in The Bank Dick, as Myrna Loy's supercilious aunt Katherine in After the Thin Man, and as Nurse Peggotty in David Copperfield. She starred in 55 movies altogether, 52 between 1933 and 1941. Jessie Ralph retired from Hollywood in 1941, after her leg was amputated. She died four years later in her home town of Gloucester at the age of 79. She was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
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